I lost a little bit of gusto on my reports when it became clear most of them weren’t being handled and it appeared as though the promised reporter badge would never materialize. Would be cool to see some %’s next to those reports. On that note, any idea if those reporter badges fell into the same black hole as the 10-year anniversary coins?

Looks like Marc Gasol officially retired from the NBA today. Had he done this last year the Lakers probably would have won a championship, but that’s neither here nor there. After securing a release from the Grizzlies, Gasol signed a deal to return to Spain to play. I imagine he’s going to play a final year there and then retire and live out the rest of his days in España.

So far that golden cross has proven to be a bull trap. The time for the expected blast off to the moon is quickly approaching though. If the prophesy it to turn out to be true, this might be the last dip before the big move. Maybe wishful thinking, but this may turn out to be a good buying point.

I too appreciate the share as I likely wouldn't have seen it otherwise.  I'm not sure about the masses falling in love with these coins though.  A lot of crypto folks aren't interested in physical crypto as it does defeat the purpose a little bit.  Having old pre-fork BTC is pretty cool and being tied to a physical collector is definitely cool in my eyes, but I still think we're a bit of a niche interest group.  NFTs exist on the blockchain and appeal to the digital future aspect so I can see why they are more in the mainstream.  Do I think that a .png image of a pixelated head is worth millions or even worth as much as a 1 BTC Casascius coin?  No way, but I understand why it is.

Russell Westbrook looked miserable in the pictures from AD’s wedding. I hope the guy was just having an off day and this isn’t the first red flag for their chemistry together. I guess we’ll find out in another 2 weeks when the NBA’s preseason starts. Russ & LeBron are going to be fun to watch together. I don’t think LeBron has ever had a more talented teammate.

I thought having a President with dementia would be more entertaining than this. Sure, at first the videos of him wandering around lost on the White House lawn and calling his kid by the wrong name while forgetting what they do was comical. Once American lives started being lost it became much less entertaining. I may have underestimated the damage a President can do who was elected just because he wasn’t the other guy.

I’m over McGregor. His antics were fun while they lasted but he can’t win a fight anymore so they’re becoming extremely stale. I’ve moved on to watching Suga and more recently Paddy. Would love to see the two of them square off. Paddy’s style is exciting and he’s an odd fellow. I hope he’s able to stick around and keep winning fights for a while.

I think that the best use case for them right now would actually be tickets to events. Sports fans would I’m sure love to have a digital collection of events they’ve attended and knowing their tickets are legitimate, while it would allow events to profit from the secondary sales of tickets from scalpers. The fact that NFTs are doing so well and their main use case at the moment is profile pics on Twitter is pretty impressive.

Someone once said, “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

You seem to be all over the place now. I guess I’m curious what you want to achieve here. Just tarnish slush’s reputation or are you seeking some sort of justice or a pat on the back for being better than everyone else? I’ll help. Good job Kano. You’ve run a pool for a long time and still take time to come here and participate at bitcointalk even though it likely isn’t worth your time to do so.

You can find NFT communities by finding a project you like and reading where they conjugate. Typically Discord is the accepted norm these days, and Twitter is another great place to find and link up with likeminded folks to discover where they are contributing to their community. I personally have a slack group where I do most of my discussion on crypto, development, investing, & of course NastyMining.

Obviously it is a good idea and warranted as NFTs are the big talking point in crypto at the moment. I think it highlights an ever evolving crypto world outside of Bitcoin that isn’t necessarily wanted to be featured here. Maybe once Namecoin NFTs get their day in the sun it will bring some attention to things residing on Bitcoin’s blockchain and spur an NFT section here when that tech is a bit more mature and Bitcoin inclusive.

Some of the analysts I’ve been enjoying recently seem to think $43K is in the cards before we retest the highs at the end of October on the way to a December peak. I hate to be a fractals guy all the time, but the perfect storm is aligning once again for things to play out exactly as expected for the third time. I’d be cautious if you’re thinking about investing for a deeper price correction.

I believe Fidelity wasn’t one of the futures based ETFs, right? If that recollection is accurate, I don’t believe Fidelity’s will be the first to be approved. Given the comments coming out of the SEC, they seem much more open to a futures based ETF, and a handful were immediately submitted after the futures comments from the SEC. I’d say one of them being approved before the end of the year is more likely.

The NFT world is a dangerous place. I never thought I would become familiar with using Twitter audits or evaluating the originality of digital artwork. There really is a lot of ways developers can screw people with NFTs, so I guess my advice would be to stay away from small projects making big promises and look for developers who are pioneering new ideas. DAOs, staking, royalties… These are ideas the big boys are still implementing, so if a small project pops out if nowhere claiming they’re going to do it, maybe don’t be quick to take them at their word. NFT rug pulls are devastating because the NFT images don’t reside on the blockchain and can be ‘disappeared’ at any time by their developers.

The collectors who want to be OGs these days should be looking into NFT collectibles. I think loaded coins are cool, but they’re a bridge from the physical into the digital world. NFTs are the next step off that bridge and into the metaverse. Some really cool things being done around the sandbox project. NFT communities also remind me of the early days here, with talented individuals passionate to work together in a positive environment to build cool things.

The problem with that is if they let him play for them this year he will not only be a distraction, but he’s gonna leave anyway since there’s bad blood now. So they trade him now, or lose one of their top assets for nothing. I’d say fuck it and trade him if I owned the team. Let him retire. NBA owners need to stop letting these millionaires take advantage of them. Kyrie signed a deal without a trade clause. Teach him a lesson. It’s a business…

I hope he’s a troll. The other option would be that he’s batshit crazy. I appreciate he’s one of the few users here not afraid to speak out against the whiny Karen liberal crowd knowing he’ll be trolled forever by the thin skinned crybabies. If people think he’s serious, it’s a bad look since a lot of what he posts would make a tinfoil hat wearer blush.

I’m aware. That’s why I was pointing it out for people who might not be aware of the type of person Kano is. He thinks tearing down others elevates himself. It’s a pretty typical attitude for someone with self esteem issues. I just hate seeing him target a legend like slush who is a Bitcoin mining pioneer.

Large companies are stepping up to the plate these days with an accumulate only mentality. All the market needs is for Amazon or Apple to enter the space and it’s game over for bears. Microstrategy & Coinbase are showing no signs of slowing down in their accumulation and once Tesla starts accepting it again or an ETF is approved we will see a fomo squeeze to new highs… So many roads to $200K… Which will we take?

Young investors nowadays think they are entitled to >100% annual returns. They have no concept of the real returns traditional investments offer and have insane expectations that will lead them to ever increasing risk reward scenarios that will ultimately leave them losing money. Crypto is a once in a lifetime type of investment. I worry about the disappointment awaiting young investors once this asset class is done rising unsustainably.